For future reference to repair a float you need to remove all the gasoline
that has leaked in. Generally heating the float with hot water will
persuade the gasoline to evaporate then you can solder up the hole.float in
water. Be sure to clean the float at the leak point with acid or emory paper
or the like.
----- Original Message -----
From: Vince De Palma <greenery@gte.net>
To: <fot-digest@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 8:11 PM
Subject: Fw: Spitfire with Weber Problem-Round 2, Solution?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vince De Palma <greenery@gte.net>
> To: fot-digest@autox.team <fot-digest@autox.team>; kaskas@earthlink.net
> <kaskas@earthlink.net>
> Date: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 8:05 PM
> Subject: Spitfire with Weber Problem-Round 2, Solution?
>
>
> >Thanks, Kas for all your help at the British Car Extravaganza at
> >Buttonwillow. You remember, I'm the guy with the yellow Spitfire which
was
> >missing on left hand corners. I think we found the source of the probem
> >after it got much worse, i.e. fuel was running out of the carb throats.
We
> >found a leaky float and tried to fix it with epoxy. It worked for a lap
or
> >two but then began sputtering as bad as ever. I didn't think epoxy was
> >affected by gasoline. Still need to tear down the carb (again!) to see
> what
> >happened to our trackside repair. Anyway, a new float will be purchased.
> >Thanks, again
> >Vince De Palma
> >VARA Spitfire #73
> >
>
>
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